Son of Grease

Reproduction at UC Berkeley

2016 · BareStage Productions, Berkeley, California

Of all the numbers in Grease 2 to take out of the film and put on a stage, the sex-education song is the boldest choice — and in 2016 the student company BareStage Productions did exactly that. Their cabaret wing, BareTroupe, performed "Reproduction" at UC Berkeley with Matthew Borchardt as the teacher leading the class, choreographed by Madeleine Pla.

There is no set and no period costume: just a bare stage, a row of chairs, a company in black, and a red curtain. The song does the rest.

The number

Reproduction from "Grease 2" – YouTube

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